Rein-holder



(No Model.)

T. S. MITCHELL.

REIN HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 2, 1886. 4

Inventor:

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Nirnn STATES ATENT which,

THOMAS STRAWVBRIDGE MITCHELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,141, dated February 2, 1886.

Application filed September 17, 1884. Serial No. 143,343. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS Srnnwnnrnen MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to rein-holders adapted to be applied to the frame of the dash-board of a vehicle, and provided with a spring guard or finger, adapted to clamp the ends of the reins between it and the body of the holder; and the improvement consists, essentially, in a rein-holder formed of a continuous piece of wire bent to form torsion-jaws, which clamp the frame of the dashboard, and a spring guard or finger arranged to clasp the reins, as will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rein-holder; Fig. 2, a plan View of the spring guard or finger separated or detached from the body or jaws of the holder; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a sheet-metal strap or plate formed to hold 0 the parallel free ends of the torsion springjaws of the holder; Fig. 4, an end View somewhat enlarged, of the rein-holder, applied to the frame of a. dash-board; and Fig. 5, a front elevation of a vehicle, showing my improved rein-holder applied to the vertical side of'the dash-board of said vehicle.

The holder is preferably formed of steel Wire, of sufficient length to completely form the device in asingle piece. The wire is then doubled or bent midway of its length to bring its two halves alongside of or parallel with each other. The disconnected ends of the wire are then bent first at right angles to the main portion and again bent at right angles to form the end D and bring the succeeding section parallel with. the first-named section. The wire is again bent at right angles at a point opposite the free or disconnected ends to form the remaining side or end D of a rectangular frame, which constitutes the torsion-jaws of the holder. The free ends are preferably held together by a metal plate or strap, E, bent to form longitudinal parallel tubes (Z d, con nected by a flat portion, f, which serves as a smooth-surfaced bearing-plate, against which the reins may be held by a guard or finger,

and also serves to hold the ends of the wire the end D of the torsion-jaws is next bent one or more times around a cylindrical mandrel to form spirally-parallel folds a a, and the re maining portion is bent parallel, or nearly so, with the plate E, and provides a spring guard or finger, O, which will serve to firmly hold and clamp the reins upon the metal plate E when desired. The guard or spring-finger O is turned or bent out from the end of the plate E to admit of the ready insertion of the reins between the spring-guard and the plate, and the Wire is spread apart to form a loop or spoon-handle shaped extremity, which serves the double purpose of broadening the end of the guard to admit of the more ready insertion of the rein between the guard and the plate, and furthermore of providing an open loop or eye through which may be inserted the ends of the reins, if so desired, to clasp them between the parallel wires composing the guard, and thus serve as additional means for holding the ends of the reins and insure their firm retention upon the holder.

The holder is firmly secured upon the dashboard by means of barbs or spurs g g, which perforate the leather portion of the dash-board by the torsional pressure of the jaws and prevent the holder from being pulled or slipped endwise from the dash-board.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rein-holder formed of a continuous piece of wire bent in substantially parallel lines to form torsion spring-jaws D D, spiralspring elbows a a, and a curved spring-guard, 0, arranged to bear opposite the ends of the wire, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A rein-holder formed of a continuous piece of wire bent in substantially parallel I trimmed barbs or spurs formed upon said wire 10 lines to form torsion spring-jaws D D, and spring-jaws, in the manner and for the purcurved spring-guard G, in combination with I pose substantially as specified. a sheet-metal strap, E, adapted to envelop In testimony whereof I have set my hand 5 the free ends of the torsion spring-jaws, subin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Stantially as described. THOMAS STRAWBRIDGE. MITCHELL.

3. A rein-holder formed of a continuous Witnesses:

piece of wire bent to form torsion spring-jaws AUSTIN D. HOFFMAN,

D D, and spring-guard 0, provided with Lotus LASLEY. 

